March 20, 2012

I experimented with cutting some paper the other night and made these bumpy candle holder wraps.

I trimmed some sheets of computer paper to sizes that would fit around the glass containers I have. Then with an X-acto knife, I cut a billion different-sized U shapes into the paper and bent the little flaps over so they stuck out. Double-stick tape secured the wraps. Kind of an interesting texture.

these paper cutting is very beautiful, but as a wife of a fire fighter paper and candles don't go together. I would use the battery lights instead of a votive. Most of the calls my husband went on were started by candles.

If you are going to do a lot of these, you can buy a "U" shaped wood lathe tool and then just punch the -shape on a self-healing cutting board. If you use a rubber-mallet to hit the head of the punch it goes so fast. You can even do multiples sheets at one time.

Oh my goodness,I LOVE this idea! What I love most is you could pretty much use any paper print or color you want and because of the cuts in the paper you can still see the light coming through. I just finished a round-up of home decor projects using paper and I just couldn't resist featuring your awesome paper candle holders. You can see it here:http://jamiebrock.hubpages.com/hub/20-DIY-Home-Decor-Ideas-using-Decorative-Paper#

Thank you for sharing :)PS I love your blog, it's one of my favorites!